Me-Before-You-by-Jojo-Moyes

21
Steven
The girl moved in at the weekend. Will didn’t say anything to Camilla or me, but
I walked into the annexe on Saturday morning still in my pyjamas to see if Will
needed any help, as Nathan was delayed, and there she was, walking up the
hallway with a bowlful of cereal in one hand and the newspaper in the other. She
blushed when she saw me. I don’t know why – I was wearing my dressing gown,
all perfectly decent. I remember thinking afterwards that there had been a time
when it had been perfectly normal to find pretty young things creeping out of
Will’s bedroom in the morning.
‘Just bringing Will his post,’ I said, waving it.
‘He’s not up yet. Do you want me to give him a shout?’ Her hand went to her
chest, shielding herself with the newspaper. She was wearing a Minnie Mouse T-
shirt and the kind of embroidered trousers you used to see Chinese women
wearing in Hong Kong.
‘No, no. Not if he’s sleeping. Let him rest.’
When I told Camilla, I thought she’d be pleased. She had been so wretchedly
cross about the girl moving in with her boyfriend, after all. But she just looked a
bit surprised, and then adopted that tense expression which meant she was
already imagining all sorts of possible and undesirable consequences. She didn’t
say as much, but I was pretty sure she was not keen on Louisa Clark. That said, I
didn’t know who it was Camilla approved of these days. Her default setting
seemed to be stuck on Disapprove.